Konrad H. Jarausch was the Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has written or edited some fifty books on modern German and European history. He has co-directed the Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung in Potsdam and co-founded the UNC Center for European Studies. His most recent book is Broken Lives: How Ordinary Germans Experienced the 20th Century (Princeton University Press, 2018).

“Although the book is not intended as a history of modern Germany, advanced students will discover many tantalizing perspectives in what outsiders see as German as well as the German response. With this publication, Berghahn Books remains the strongest source for quality academic publications addressing all aspects of German studies… Highly Recommended.” • Choice“The trajectories and transformations examined in this ambitious and thought-provoking volume deserve a wide readership.” • German History“Creative dialogue is palpable in the pages of this rich collection. Together, its chapters make important scholarly contributions to twentieth-century German history and to transatlantic history.” • Michael Kimmage, Catholic University of America

• PrefaceKarin GoihlIntroductionKonrad Jarausch and Harald WenzelPART I: RESPONSES TO MODERNITYChapter 1. A Modern Reich? American Perceptions of Wilhelmine Germany, 1890-1914Scott H. KrauseChapter 2. The Dual Training System: The Southwest’s Contributions to German Economic DevelopmentHal HansenChapter 3. The “German Forest” as an Emblem of Germany’s Ambivalent ModernityJeffrey K. WilsonChapter 4. Health as a Public Good: The Positive Legacies of VolksgesundheitAnnette F. TimmPART II: DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATIONChapter 5. Antifascist Heroes and Nazi Victims: Myth-making and Political Reorientation in Berlin, 1945-1947Clara M. OberleChapter 6. The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword?: Student Newspapers and Democracy in Postwar West GermanyBrian M. PuacaChapter 7. Human Rights, Pluralism and the Democratization of Post-War GermanyNed Richardson-LittleChapter 8. African Students and Racial Ambivalence in the GDR during the 1960sSara PugachPART III: SEARCHING FOR A NEW MODELChapter 9. The “German Model” in Renewable Energy DevelopmentCarol HagerChapter 10. Germany’s Approach to the Financial Crisis: A Product of Ordo-Liberalism?Mark K. CassellChapter 11. Dreams of Divided Berlin: Postmigrant Perspectives on German Nationhood in Die Schwäne vom SchlachthofJeffrey JurgensPART IV: GLOBAL IMPLICATIONSChapter 12. Inventing the German Film as Foreign Film: The Origins of a Fraught Transatlantic ExchangeSara F. HallChapter 13. Atlantic Transfers of Critical Theory: Alexander Kluge and the U.S. in FictionMatthew D. MillerChapter 14. Nation and Memory: Redemptive and Reflective Cosmopolitanism in Contemporary GermanyMichael MengBibliographyIndex